I'm so excited about this!!

All day long I've been listening to that recording of their show at the BoA Pavillion in Boston (June of last year, I think) to get ready for the new record. Some of the new material is really incredible.

I honestly think this will be one of their best records.

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Originally posted by ericg75:
I just checked my bank, and the transaction went through, but definitely no order confirmation. Hmm. Limey bastards.

It's been several hours, and I haven't received a confirmation yet, either. Let me know when you get yours, eric.

I haven't received my confirmation yet either. I'm thinking they're just behind on orders. Anyway, I paid 2.89 pounds which is something like 6 US dollars.

I don't know how much I will actually pay for the digital release. I intially thought I would pay quite a bit, but then I realized I will probably still buy the physical release when it comes out, so I don't want to buy the album twice or something.

Those are my thoughts exactly. If you are planning on buying the physical copy, anything you pay for the digital release is a voluntary donation that goes above and beyond what you would normally do for any other album.

Not sure if there's any more information in this link than you have already, but I just came across this when I was tinkering with my Fantasy Football Team. Can't wait.

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apart from the novelty of it, what about the actual songs ? anybody heard them before ?
There are a few titles like Arpeggi I've already seen so I guess they've been played live already !
Anyone can give descriptions ?

I've heard some of the songs before, and everything I've heard has been great. The opening track "15 Step" is a cool up-tempo song that sounds like nothing Radiohead's ever done before. The song "Nude" has been previously known as "Big Ideas" and is a beautiful, slow-moving song with a really haunting sound. "Arpeggi" is an amazing song that starts out quiet and slowly builds up with more percussion and guitar until it reaches a climax, and then slows down again through the outtro.

That's all I can say for sure about the first cd. "Down Is the New Up" will be on the bonus cd, and that's also an awesome song with some amazing drumming.

It's really shaping up to be a great album, I can't wait until the 10th. It feels good to be a Radiohead fan...

Pretty much all of the songs can and have been listened to in the form of bootlegs, in fact you can download a mortigi tempo (a radiohead forum) lp7. The only new track faust ARP which is of course being discussed in multiple threads. But of course if you know radiohead you know that the final studio version can be dramatically different from the live version.

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Originally posted by Vin'S:
apart from the novelty of it, what about the actual songs ? anybody heard them before ?
There are a few titles like Arpeggi I've already seen so I guess they've been played live already !
Anyone can give descriptions ?

If you go to rollingstone.com, they are streaming live versions of all the tracks but Faust Arp. Also, I think someone posted a link to another website that had live bootlegs as well.

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Originally posted by The Fall of Troy:
If you go to rollingstone.com, they are streaming live versions of all the tracks but Faust Arp. Also, I think someone posted a link to another website that had live bootlegs as well.

That's a great tip TFoT, this is what he is talking about.

Oh man. Don't ruin it by listening to a bunch of rough live versions of the album, just because you want to hear it early. Just wait a few days and listen to the real thing.

Just my opinion. You can of course do what you want. And I appreciate peoples excitement about it (especially someone with the name KidA in their name). I just think this is a perfect opportunity to listen to an amazing album, front to back, for the first time without distraction or pausing between songs.

Personally, the very first time I listen to a new Radiohead album is something of a religious experience. I put it in my CD player and take a walk somewhere I have never been before while listening to it on headphones. I can remember exactly where I was and what I was seeing the first I heard almost every Radiohead song since O.K.Computer.

Radiohead shows the way:-

Even with no required purchase amount for the download I feel sure this album will be BY FAR the most profitable album in history for the musicians involved.

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Originally posted by Shadrach:
Oh man. Don't ruin it by listening to a bunch of rough live versions of the album, just because you want to hear it early. Just wait a few days and listen to the real thing.

Just my opinion. You can of course do what you want. And I appreciate peoples excitement about it (especially someone with the name KidA in their name). I just think this is a perfect opportunity to listen to an amazing album, front to back, for the first time without distraction or pausing between songs.

Personally, the very first time I listen to a new Radiohead album is something of a religious experience. I put it in my CD player and take a walk somewhere I have never been before while listening to it on headphones. I can remember exactly where I was and what I was seeing the first I heard almost every Radiohead song since O.K.Computer.

Um, OK, I was just showing people where they could go exactly to hear the songs. Some of us have seen them live so we have already heard some of the live versions that are going to be released in a few days anyways.

I might have the name "KidA" in my screen name because I am a big fan but every time I hear a Radiohead song or album it isn't "something of a religious experience." Heck, I haven't even figured out how I am going to get the album--discbox, download or wait until an official release next year.

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:
I might have the name "KidA" in my screen name because I am a big fan but every time I hear a Radiohead song or album it isn't "something of a religious experience." Heck, I haven't even figured out how I am going to get the album--discbox, download or wait until an official release next year.

I always thought you were more of a Yes fan (this coming from someone who LOVES early Yes).

I always thought he was a fan of Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile.

I think they've set the example for other established bands with the release schedule for this one.

You reward fans by giving them access to early downloads and guilt them into paying the band directly for them (Well, you pay us what you think is right. If you think it is worth nothing, then pay us next to nothing. But, c'mon, hint hint, you know it's worth something.)

For a band like Radiohead, something directly paid to them is always better than nothing, which is what they've received from early leaks in the past.

Also, to give fans the ability to pre-order a generous albeit expensive box that includes a bunch of extras makes sense, too. This also gives them time to only produce what is ordered. So, if 12 people order them, they only have to make 12 of them. This should cut down the inventory and production costs that a regular label would have.

The only downside from a customer standpoint (not a band standpoint) is that the pre-order gets diehard fans on the hook, even if they end up hating the actual music when they get the downloads. I ordered the discbox, but will feel kind of stupid if on October 10, I am disappointed by what I hear. I will feel kind of like, great, I 've listened to this all that I am going to, but can't wait until December when my $82 box comes with music that I don't like.

My solution is to talk myself into liking it no matter what. Does that sound good?

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:
I always thought you were more of a Yes fan (this coming from someone who LOVES early Yes).

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Originally posted by ericg75:
I always thought he was a fan of Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile.

OK.

When I was in middle school I was heavily into Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails. Now, I am still really into Radiohead--consider them one of my favorite bands and all--but I've had this name for a while. I still think Nine Inch Nails are a solid band--nowhere near the likes of Dork--and I also think The Fragile was/is his best album. So when I joined the forums a few years back, I just picked whatever name popped into my head.

So there, I still like the name though.

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Originally posted by Borachon:
Not sure if there's any more information in this link than you have already, but I just came across this when I was tinkering with my Fantasy Football Team. Can't wait.

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Radiohead could even benefit from those who ignore the box set and choose to pay nothing to download the album from Radiohead's online shop, where they will be required to register their details and therefore become targets for future marketing campaigns.

Free albums also drive demand for live tours, which translate to pound signs for the artists behind them.

...tee-hee, "translate to pound signs". I wonder if that expression works for pesos, or rubles. Really though, doesn't radiohead understand currency discrepancies for us poor folks in the States. Forty pounds is double that in dollars and more than what I make for take home income in an 8 hour day. Also, I wonder if Radiohead will make marketing use of this whole personal info collecting scheme. Yorke is anti-capitalist, but pro profit.

Fragile, I wasn't attacking your comment linking to the videos. I actually really appreciate the fact that you find interesting things related to the topic of discussion and then link to them just in case someone else might find them interesting. I actually went and listened to "Down is the New Up" since I really really wanted to hear something new, and figured it was on the "bonus disk" so it will likely be a long time before I hear it for real.

I really think it's fine if people want to listen to the disk early. I'm sorry I came off sounding critical of how someone chooses to enjoy art. Enjoy an album however you enjoy it best. I'm not trying to "convert" anyone to my prefered approach to listening to an album.

Part of this is a result of my background in music. You have to understand that I live in a bubble here in Alaska. Most of my friends don't even know who Radiohead is, not to mention most of the other bands I listen to. I have never seen a real live show in my life. Getting an album in my hands and listening to it is the only thing I have to experience. So I have subconsciously over the years made it into the biggest thing I could possibly make it into. I plan an entire day sometimes around just listening to an album for the first time.